Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-03
Cincinnati,
LIVE STOCK,
Wheeling.

The cattle market this week was quiet
and prices remained about the same Us those
OF last week. The hog market was active
while prices avanced 3c over those OF last
week. Messrs. Hudson Il Bayha furnish
the following quotations:
Cattle, OOO to |, 100 lbs stock 33a4
per H.. ; 800 TO 900 lbs. 3ta%lc per H.; 700
to 900 lbs 3a3c C. per III.
Hugs-Markt.t active ira5ic per In.
LambS-GOOd at 34a5c per III.
Calves-3a5!c per III.
Sheep-3a i3c per III.
Baltimore.
MONDAY, February -, 1857.
CALVERTON.
SWINE-There is a slight increase in
the receipts over the fair run of last week.
The quality Of the offerings was of rather
mixed order. Trade is fairly active in the
yards generally. We quote 7a7!c per
pound net, with most sales from Il to 7Sc.
Receipts this week 1905 head.
CLAREMONT STOCK YARDS.
Arrivals of Live Stock ut ClarcmOnt
Stock Yards via Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road for the week ended February 27-1I6
cars, containing |, Ol9 cattle - calves, H.
800 sheep, $3.50 hogs, 2j9 horses and to
mules.
Shipments TO Philadelphia, etc, 81 cat
tie, 80 sheep, l57 hogs, l5S horses and
90 mules.
All hogs and sheep sold in these
yards are at gross weight Receipts of hogs
this week are 2,i7l head, against 2,5I7
last week; rough hogs sold at s. 80, and
fair TO good ut So OOa6 - per 100 lbs.
Philadelphia Cattle Market.
PHILADELPHIA. March 1.-The re-
ccipts for the week were: BeevcS, 2,4UO
head; sheep, 10000 head; hogs, 1000 head.
Beef cattle were Iaic lower; extra 5!a5 ic;
good 5aJ {; medium ltalic; common, Sic.
Sheep We're fairly active extra, > ia6c, me-
dium, 4ia5c; good 5ia5!c; common, lal2c;
lambs, i!aIc. Hogs were inactive on
account of the lienten season, although
prices advanced with the West lc; Western
Sasic; State hogs 7a74c; milch calves
were active at 5aSic; fat COWS were
fairly active at 2lalc; mich cows were dull
at $!'m55. -
Cincinnati Horse and Mule Market
CINCINNATI, February %.
There was continued improvement in
business during the past week. Buyers
were numerous all good stock in active
demand, and offerings large A much
larger supply would have met a ready sale
Prices ruled us follows: Driving horses 1925
ala; draft horses, $l75a225, street ear
| horses, SlOOal25 Southern chunks $S5a1lO
Mules, aged four to eight years, 15i tn Ii
hands, $l35a150; l. to IL! hands $l15a
1875; li4tol5 hands, $90all5; ii to a.!
hands, S75a90.
East Liberty.
EAST LIBERTY, March 2.-Cattle-R Re-
ceiptS 100 head; shipments III head;
market dull; prime 81 75a5 90; fair tn
good 81 OOal 80; common 81 5OaI -.
HOgs-Reccipts 500 head; shipments
400 head; market fair; Philadclphas
S. %; Workers s. 50l5 60; common and
light 81 51.5 10; pigs 81 7ja5 l..
! Sheep-Receipts 400 head; shipments
| 900 head; market very dull; prime
81 75a5 IL; fair 10 good 81 25a5 II; COM
mon s. OOai p; lambs very dull at 81 O0a
-.
| New York.
| New YORK. March 2.-Becvcs-- Receipts
! 1911 cars; dull and lower; poor to best 81 00
al 80; common to prime 81 20l5 -.
Shtcp-Receipts 1000 head; market
firm for light and medium sheep, but dull
and weak for lambs, aud for heavy and
coarse sheep. Ordinary to extra sheep n
&c; ordinary To choice lambs 5}a6tc. Best
carload Nebraska sheep shown here this
season sold to day ut s. 80 per loo pounds.
Hogs-Receipts $500 head, none offered
alive, nominally steady at So 50a6 80.
Chicago.
CHICAGO, March -Cattle-ReceiptS